Nestlé’s Mike Mitchell named Dreyer’s new CEO

Mike Mitchell has been appointed president and CEO of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream. Mitchell joins Dreyer’s from Nestlé US and replaces retiring CEO Timothy F Kahn. Dreyer’s has been owned by Nestlé SA since 2006.

Prior to taking the top job at Dreyer’s, Mitchell had been the president of sales for Nestlé US, where he was responsible for all retail sales for supermarkets, mass merchandising, discounters, club stores, drug stores and military since 2002. Under his leadership, the Nestlé US sales team achieved seven consecutive years of exceeding sales growth targets.

Prior to that, Mitchell was president/​general manager of the beverage division of Nestlé US, responsible for overseeing the entire beverage operation in the US, including the Coffee-​Mate, Nesquik, Nescafé and Juicy Juice brands. His favourite ice cream flavour is coffee.

Source: Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

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